## PRICE

DANIEL ATTORNEY GF.NER.4‘



## Hon. uoodrow curtis county Attorney

‘pzs:,o~t , La*

Dear

mt 

## Sirs Yererer ae follevso 

## Be:

to your reooat The legality of realant4 or Frlo county aad ot a oounty line aonsolldatedschool districtvoti

2 **for** oounty school rustees and oouaty superlntendent in IWe County.
Nquert **which** read6 **in**

"TheMoore IndependentSchoolT~;~lct **has been**  entirelyin ?PIO Count **and** it conelstedof a $W't of, ut not iI1 3;# of CommlssionersPrecinctHo* 3, **ot Frio**  count OOMO I8 Texas, and suoh nohool distrkothas idated with the Yancey Independent SohooZ District under the Rural High School Ooneolidation

Lax, The Yancey Independent School Matrfct is entirely in Medlna CoIIyptyp **and** the Yancey In4ependentSchool MStrict has ths managementand oontrol ot the **eoanolfslat8d dietriot**  **?iewfrsaVter**

## called Pancey==Moo~e

ConsolOdo&sdSdhool DA&P%&.

"1. Do the people who ~eaide in the bounds of this Yanoey=HooreConsolidated Sohool Mat&at9 whloh llles in **F~fo County,**  have a right to vote tar oouaty sahooltruetees in F~fo County?

"2. As pointed out above the YanceyWoo~o ConsolidatedSchool Matriot doar not embrace the entire bounds of Commzssfonere Ppeoinot

## HO+

3, in 

## Frfo County, Texas, therefore uoufd those people who ax% residents of the CommissionersP~ecfectNo, 3, but are not residents of the ConsolfdatedSohool Distpfct, be entitledto elect the County School TPUStee 

## fpomthe said PrecfnctNo. 3?**BOA, wooaPow**  **ctwtir, pagr**  **2** 

### (v-1087)

*30 Wll the people trar tha YenosyXooxw CeneolMated School Ddatriot 

## ot wW.oh the 

### Yanoey Idependent School Mrrtrlot har the mmqge8mt and dontPo1 of the aanrrolidated &trtriaD;, hare a lo@1 ri$ht to rote for trwtse 

### at Large in Pa40 County?

eCb 

### IF%11

the 

### pea zs who rrfJlde in the Xanoepf4iaore Consollda P **ed** 

### Sohool Wstrlot, 

### and **who**roritle **lo that**  **portion ot**  **Rrlo Coua**  

### ty be5dq in suoh d&&riot, h&m 

### a le al to vote tor~the Oounty fuperlntanden f! M&t **at** 

### s0hoo1r in rpfo oowltyo

**We**

### beUevs your **tixat anb**  thiml 

### questions ape 

### wweled by Attorney 

### OeneraP&fse Opinton I&PO.

V~!S3c We theretorea the 'tancoy

-fiz es with you that the peo le who rerride &A 

### 037, Oonsoli&stsd Q&00X 8% StPict an&who
awe ~erldentsot Brie Oounty ma not vote for ooaAt7 ~~1. truetees

### or oomty mhob T #P&a, 

## oountj. trusteerat large M'

**A** 

### oopy of Attcmey 

### Oenepal@aOpfnion Xbrb, v-59% is enolowl, The op4~lon reets on statutoryprov1wJAa bar

9 tor thstr bssis the presslee that persons we not eligi Is to vote tor truateerr who do not govern their partioular sob001 district. Though part of 

### the dlatrZot iJl

QueatfOA 28 iA e$o tb.lAtf, it i0~Wd4P ths addair"bsatiaa



## et the 

## otricialo of Msdsar Oapmtg.

Aptfale 

### 2676, VA oS

a p p~orEdas 

### in pt%Pt:

*?be genePa IMRageAeAtand Oc&Pof Of the publfa P~ee 

### sohoole and hQh mhools iA sOrab county,unless othemriss OVidedby law shall be vest& in five (5 Y county sohool trustees elected SPom the co&V, ore of' wbsrhom 

### rLbcrl1 bs elae%da f’xwuthe rrountt at large by &be qgurlitisd BotwB ot the 001#1 

### aA&aaA

### m&Ma%edfodepewbn% sohool dlstrfcts of %ho ootmty, and one 

### Prom eaoh Oopmfss~oAersn Pm- 

### &Wt **by thA**  **qWtbfff@3d** Vs)tePp(I

**oS** 

### eMC!h

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### r&au*Pr o Frw$.nat



### # 0 F 0

**In view**  **of** the above quoted 6tatate ft la our apinzoa that the pesidents of ComW~sloae~b~ ?Pe8fo8tso. 3 ot *lo QauAty who do no% Paside fn %he 

### Yanosy-MoosPe QaprolMated Sahool Dfet~fct arid who a~pe

otheerpofse

qual&- Itie4 voters,may vote fop a ooun%y sohoal trus%ee from Freaaot 

### $80~3as well as lop %hs 

### oouBty %FW%W a%Uqe toP rwli 0ouAty0

### Hon. WooaPolf cuPtis, page 3 (V-1087)

Seotlon 1 of Article VI or the Constitutiorr of ~BXIUI qwll 

### tp

## ~0ria68 that 

## certain ola~itbs 0r ~~PBWS ~0 da0a to rots 

### in Tens. Section 2 of this Article ~mi&JS in pad8



## l Bve~y persm sub ect to nona of the foregoingdisgualifica 

### t ions, who 

### rhnl.1 hate
srttainea the age of twenty-cm3years and 

## who shall be a citizen of the United States and who shall have resided in this State ane year nest precedingan 

### sleetion ozd tba lart sfr 3"1~hmvithln the dietriot or oomtf In which p" race3 0ff0rs 

## t0 00t0, shui b doe-a l qua isted 

### eleotor:

. 0 I)

**Artioler** 

### 2954 and 2955 of Vernon’s 

### Civil Statutes 

### oontain sidlar p~orisi0w~



### %la Ooalrsionsrs c ty Eavlag thme thoqsaad rt or e*ePy oounsoholastic pOpU.Utfon or 8oaw aa he 

## p~~osdirrg roholaotie aenmaa shall at 

### a oenoxel Blea**tiaP** 

## pr0vfaOr0& ihe elrotfon 0r a county rlnttient **to** eerve **ror a**  **ten** or four 

### ~~y~~rs who a&l1 ba **a perscm**  **of** 

### @due%- tictam 

# l

**t&aiments, good**  **ao~al** chmaete~, 

### ana exeoutfve abflf%y, and who shall be pro

## rfa0a by the **CcrJllfsrrfonaPs** 

### court vfth an orfloe in the cowkhouse, and wl%h neceesa~y office fuPnituPeala fixtuPef3~ He shall be 

### the holder of a teachePQs 

## f’frst, gmde CEIPtfficate 

## OPteachoPuspemsanentceptfffeate, In evspy couuty that shall attain three thou

## sand (39000) scholastLapopulation

## OP SIOP~, the 

## Coxm5.ssfone~s

Court shall appoint such stipopintsndent

who sha$P perform the duties of such office until the electfonand qualiffcatfon of his 

## successor. In all oountfes
now 

## OF hereafterhav%ng the offloe of Cow&y Superintendent

where the schola8ticpopulation accordingto the last scholastictenSW 4s less than thpee thousaad (3,000)but 

## aore than two thousand (2,000]the office of County Supetrfntendent shall contfnueunless and until a rssjopity of the qualified

## p~opect 

## tax paying voters of sa%d county, voting
al an eliee%ion held to de%ePlaine whethee said.

Ron. woodPov curtis, page 4 (v-1087)

offloe shall be abolished,shall vote to abol,- ish aaid office,whiah election shall be OPdered by the Commissfoners Court upon petition thereforas hereinafter

## 8 eclfied. hovevep,that If a majori y e 

## PLLOVfded, of said voters voting at said electionhereinaboveprovided for, vote to abolish said offioe said election shall not become effeotiveuntil **the** expirationof the tern of offioe SOP which the County Superintendent has been elected
or appointed

0 And In all other countieshavLng less than three thousand (3,000) soholastie populationwhenevermope than twenty-five (25) per cent of the qualifiedvoters of said county as shown by the vote for Qovernorat the ppeaedingGeneral Election shell petition the Commissioners

Court therefor,said Cowt shall order an election for said county to determinewhether OP not the office of County Superintendent

shall. be created la 

### 6aZd oountyi and, if 8 maiority of the qWiUfied taxpaying vo QPB voting at said elec ri:riiill vote for the creation of the off&m of County SupePiatendent

in said oountg, the oommission

## 0~s Court, 

## at its next 

## regular term aftep the ho13 of 

## said eleation, shall oreate the of- 

## fice o County Superintend%ntP 

### and name a County Superintendent

who shall qualify under this Obapter,and hold such offfae until the next Qeneml Eleoticxi, 0 0 0*

625 (1948)% 147 

## 'fox, 70, 212 S.W.2d

“The PI@ to vo%e is so fundamentalin
our form of governmentthat it should be as sealouSlysafeguarded as ape ow natural Pightx 0 It has been said that slawsabpldgix&g the natuPs right **of** the cftiten should be res&afned by rigorous oonstructiionsvfthin their narrowest lfmits,V It Is sufficienti, hovevep, that we apply here the leas extreme and well established yule of oonstPuotion that statu%es

## ~egulatfng %he 

## pi&t to oo+ze should

thee r%ght. be Ives (B pbepal fniterwwtation fm favor of

It is observed that Article 2688 does not except my of the residennts o$ the county from its p~ovislonsIn. .



## HOD. woodro~ 

## cwif5, page 5 P-lo671

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tfaat all On the oontrary, we be i6QQ I 

### Of the tiQe$dQatQ

Of thhe COWt ft 4m- 

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### the CorPgey

School S~erInten&nt. %aerefore it is our 

### OpiM&nthpt the resldente OStibo ijount the ~~06y-llOCWQCOaSOlidQtQd S&00% g, do PWidO %a Ma OthQPVI6Q

qWu?iQd VOtQPU

8~6 riot 

## aabwho are %Q ~CIP the S~QPintQndQnt Of Pub&i0 $al&y QmtiQa t0 VOeQ

Art. 

### 2688, V&&t poass OhoOiBOf QOQh CO&U&y, v,_Praf,Rl,, m-. SulrIwLRp 'Ehs Pesidents of PPQcinQt Ho. 3 of Frio 

### CotId who do not re?Jido ia thQ ~t3~OQjr~OOl'Q Coneo **MdBtl** 

### School DitstzWt, and v&o UQ I OthQrl&36qaUilIfIQd voters, gley Vat@ far 8 

### OOWty

## Soho tlWQtQ6$COSiI &Q0ihOt 83. MD ,ve&l a8 

## rap the countf rohoet trwter 

### ai large for such county. A& 4676, V~7.8~


### -6 PQ8idmt~ of 

### Frio COUnty who PQQfdQ la the YanoQy-H(oOP6 COheOlidatQdBohool Z&Q- *riot 

### and who ax-8 othervise 

## quaiiriea 

## VOtQPE mQ lQ@ly entitled to **Vote** 

### SOPthe Superintendent 

## or Publio Sohools of suoh oouatt. Artc.2688 **V.OaS.**

### J 212 

## h,2d 62 aff'lmeid.

AFPlMVWt


### 8, CI DaVlS,Jr. County 

## Affair8 DIvIelon
OhWor 9, Nethews Firrnb Asoimtaat 

### Asslatiat